Signature Flight Support FBO set to close along with its airport serving Williston

posted on 12th September 2019 by William Hayes

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Signature Flight Support’s FBO facillity
located at Sloulin Field International Airport is set to close alongside the
Williston, North Dakota-serving airfield.

The airport will close on October 10, to coincide
with the opening of a new airport to serve Williston, Williston Basin
International Airport (XWA), which will also have its own brand new FBO.

The decommissioning of Sloulin is for a
number of reasons, including expansion constraints, design issues, a
significant increase in air traffic, and the need for runway refurbishment.

Construction has been underway on Williston
Basin since October 2016 and it will open with an initial 7,500 ft by 150 ft
runway, before accommodating a future second runway of 4,500 ft by 75 ft.

Aviation services company Overland Aviation
will handle general and business aviation customers at the airport, the first
full-service FBO experience for the company – although they have provided
flight training and other services at Sloulin since 2011.